A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE ELEPHANT SPILL VASE
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE ELEPHANT SPILL VASE

CIRCA 1880

细节
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE ELEPHANT SPILL VASE
Circa 1880
Modelled standing and supporting a still-clock within a crenelated howdah, a mahut seated at his neck, the canted rectangular base edged in iron-red
9¼in. (23.4cm.) high
来源
With Oliver-Sutton Antiques, London
拍场告示
Please note that this lot dates to 1825 rather than 1880 as stated.

拍品专文

See Halfpenny, p. 212 for a similar early 19th century model. Here one side of the castle is pierced to function as a pocket watch stand.